Cancer patients are turning to vitamin supplements instead of dramatically improving their chances of survival through exercise and losing weight, an expert has warned.

The parents of brain tumour patient Ashya King said they were “relieved” and “tired” as they left a Spanish prison and prepared to be reunited “as soon as possible” with their five-year-old son.

The parents of five-year-old brain cancer patient Ashya King have spent another night away from their son as relatives and supporters continued to demand their release from detention.

An amnesia sufferer who had been unable to remember his own name after being found in a park in the UK has been identified following an appeal by doctors.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a member of staff at a hospital was stabbed to death at work.

The widower of a terminally ill hospital patient has won a landmark ruling that her human rights were violated because she was not consulted before a "do not resuscitate" notice was placed on her records.

A Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban has been discharged from hospital.

A new prostate cancer treatment could provide more effective treatment with fewer side effects according to a new report.

EVERYDAY objects frequently used in hospitals such as pens, patient notes and computer keyboards could be helping the spread of the MRSA superbug, an expert warned yesterday.